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Having problems with your Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 Digital Camera ?

The lens does not stop popping in and out plus it says to turn off and on again

\015 When i turn on my camera it says access. while the screen says access, the lens is popping in and out a couple of times, then it tells me to turn off the camera and back on. I read on a website to gently pull the lens and twist and that would fix my problem, but unfortenately it didnt.\015

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Hi there \015\012turn camera on, gently take hold of the end of the lense and pull toward you twisting it a few times, be gentle dont make it pop, you may howeveer hear it click. then turn off and on again the problem should be solved.

I followed the advice on a couple of other boards which suggests you actually give the camera a few hard whacks on a tile floor. That worked for some people. With me, after whacking didn't work I took a knife used it to pry up the edge of the lense while it was trying to open. A little of that worked for me.

You can't imagine the sense of accomplishment I felt when the thing finally started working again after all the banging and prying. It's a tough little bugger!

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